Self-Inspection Topic for Quarter 2, 2009
TRACE: Health and Safety Verification for Laboratories
The special topic for Quarter 2 is Health and Safety Verification for Laboratories 
, where entities with laboratories and chemical storage areas will review items relating to the new TRACE verification program.
Self-Inspections forms for this quarter need to be completed and returned to department Health and Safety contacts by June 30, 2009.
- TRACE: Health and Safety Verification Program
- Training: Training Advisor, Training Records
- Compliance: Verify rooms used for chemical storage; Corrections for regulatory inspection findings
- Changes in carcass disposal for labs working with animals- New policy that will be checked during the Santa Clara County Medical Waste Inspection starting in June 2009.
- Additional References
TRACE - The School of Medicine’s Health and Safety Programs Office (HSPO) has been directed by the Dean’s Office to verify that all School Departments are compliant with specific health and safety requirements. To fulfill this charge, we have established TRACE, a Health and Safety Verification Program focusing on three key elements: Training, Compliance and Emergency Management.
- TRACE was introduced at the March 2009 DFA Meeting; SOM departments were asked to identify key contacts (DFA, ASM, Administrative Manager, Health and Safety Contact, Emergency Coordinator) for their entity.
- In the future, all health and safety-related communications will be distributed to individuals designated by departments who will in turn, forward the information as appropriate. For example, Self-Inspection information, training updates and chemical inventory update requests will be sent to Health and Safety Contacts, who will in turn, forward the information to PIs, Lab Contacts, lab administrators and research staff.
- For this quarter, we will focus on TRAINING and ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION.
TRAINING - On March 18, 2009, the Health and Safety Programs Office announced a new initiative to assist personnel with identifying required health and safety training.
- Training Advisor - All faculty, staff, and students were required to complete the Training Advisor Questionnaire by May 1, 2009. In addition any required training courses not previously taken, must be completed by June 1, 2009.
- Training Records - DFAs or designated Training Coordinators can access departmental STARS training records. Please refer to the, "Job Aid for Health & Safety Training Records Search Memo," instructions for "Downloading STARS Training Records Using ReportMart1" and "Looking up Health and Safety Training Records with Safety Train Tracks" job aids.
- For additional information, contact Lisa Johnson in the Health and Safety Programs Office.
Check individual training records through the Stanford Axess Website. All Stanford faculty, staff and students can view their own training records.
- Log into Axess at http://axess.stanford.edu
- Click on the Login button in the "Personal Login area
- Enter your SUNet ID and Password
- Click on the training tab at the top of the page
- Click the blue "All Learning" link
- Verify rooms used for chemical storage
. Download the Excel spreadsheet that contains a list of rooms reported in ChemTracker as areas used for chemical storage in School of Medicine buildings. Make sure that ALL ROOMS listed in ChemTracker for your department and/or PI are checked during the quarterly self-inspections. Document the walk through by listing the rooms at the top of the Self-Inspection Checklist. - Correcting regulatory inspection findings - A reminder that all regulatory inspection findings need to be corrected and documented within 30-days of the inspection date.
CHANGES IN CARCASS DISPOSAL FOR LABS WORKING WITH ANIMALS
- Animals should be disposed of in a black plastic bag that is labeled with the protocol number.
- Red biohazard bags should ONLY be used to dispose of animals that have been exposed to BSL-2 or 3 agents.
- Biohazardous waste must be transported using a hard-sided, closed container labeled with the biohazard symbol and disposed of properly.
- Red or orange biohazard bags must never be used to carry or drape rodent cages during transport.
- A brown paper grocery bag with integral handles is a useful way to transport mouse cages shielded from view under the following conditions:
- Bags may used only 1 time (one round trip)
- Microisolator lids must be present
- The bag must be clean, dry, and with sturdy handles
- No more than one cage should be placed in each bag, and no more than two bags should be carried at a time
- TRACE - Presentation to School of Medicine Managers at March 2009 DFA Meeting
- Job Aid for Health & Safety Training Records Search Memo
- Downloading STARS Training Records Using ReportMart1
- Looking up Health and Safety Training Records with Safety Train Tracks
- Guidelines for Use of Carbon Dioxide for Rodent Euthansia (Revised April, 2009)
- Guidelines for the Transportation of Animals on Stanford Campus or to the Stanford Campus. (Revised April, 2009)
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